Luxury Car

Big, bold, brash, and beautiful, BMW has unveiled its latest concept car for Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este, one of the world's premier shows for ultra-rare, highly desirable antique cars. As its chief sponsor, BMW has introduced new concepts at the show for the past few years. This year, the car of choice ...    Read more

If there's one sedan out there that has just the right amount of style, performance, and sex appeal, it's the Maserati Quattroporte. So what happens if that sex appeal finds the touchdown line and helps spawn a family? What do you do from there? If you're former president ...    Read more

Tesla Motors announced today that is has repaid the entire loan it received from the Department of Energy back in 2010. Oh, and we should probably mention it did so nine years ahead of schedule. That $451.8 million Tesla was on the hook for also includes all interest accrued in ...    Read more

Fisker Automotive, the upmarket plug-in hybrid automaker that hasn't made a new vehicle since July of last year, was considered dead and buried after filing for bankruptcy and laying off the majority of its staff earlier this year. It was widely believed after all this that Fisker would go quietly ...    Read more

Remember Land Rover's plans to introduce a new Defender in the next few years? Unfortunately for fans of the iconic nameplate, this has been put on hold, along with the opening of Land Rover's latest engine plant in India. The original plan was to offer a lightweight Defender model but ...    Read more

Both Maserati and Alfa Romeo are recalling select vehicles over concerns of rear tie rods that have the potential to rust. This is cause for concern because these rusty tie rods can weaken and may even break, causing the vehicle to loss control. Maserati is blaming the faux pas on ...    Read more

The 2014 Mercedes-Benz E-Class Coupe and Cabriolet are heading to the showroom next month, just in time for summer. Whether you want to feel the wind ripping through your hair as you drive down the coast or zip through the city streets in style, there's an E-Class to fit any ...    Read more

Volvo wants you to know that its certified pre-owned cars are just as good and reliable as its new cars. Yes, every automaker will say exactly the same thing about its own product, but for 2013, only one premium automaker has the backing of Intellichoice, "the market leader in automotive ...    Read more

With a heavily refreshed Mercedes-Benz E-Class in showrooms and the introduction of the 2014 Cadillac CTS just  a few months out, BMW isn't messing around with the mid-cycle refresh it's giving its 2014 5 Series. New for the 2014 BMW 5 ...    Read more

There once was a time where American city roads were populated with big, long, Cadillac cars, with huge tail fins and enough chrome to make any semi-truck driver blush. Today, oversized SUVs have taken over, despite gas prices being the highest they've ever been. Cadillac attempted to make the big, ...    Read more

"Next year." Those two words during a dinnertime conversation are all you need to know when it comes to the Kia Quoris full-size luxury sedan going on sale in the U.S. Speaking with an official from Kia Motors at last week's launch ...    Read more

When Fiat took over Chrysler back in 2009, there were rumblings that the Italian automaker would bring the Pentastar back to Turin. Now, as Italy's economic turmoil rages on, it appears that Fiat is kicking around the idea of ditching its home of more than 100 years in Lingotto--and its ...    Read more

Porsche is undoubtedly one of the most iconic automakers, and its sports cars have been pleasing enthusiasts for decades. So when Porsche began deviating from its tried and true recipe of classically styled performance coupes, more than a few in the industry raised an eyebrow. In an effort to expand ...    Read more

Sorting through Mercedes-Benz's ever-expanding lineup, it can feel like a never-diminishing bowl of alphabet soup. But as far as the suits in Stuttgart are concerned, there is one letter that matters above all: S. The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class exemplifies that rare confluence of driving characteristics, advanced technology, and ...    Read more

The discontinued Infiniti G sedan fell a little further back in the rearview mirror today, as the first production 2014 Infiniti Q50 rolled off the assembly line at the Tochigi plant in Japan. Infiniti CEO Johan de Nysschen was on hand, as was Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn. The future of ...    Read more

With power ratings for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado and its truckin' cousin, the upscale GMC Sierra, revealed last week, it looks like the floodgates are just starting to open regarding General Motors' full-size truck chassis and the vehicles riding atop it. ...    Read more

Like Acura and the second-coming of the NSX, fellow Japanese automaker Infiniti has plans to roll out a flagship sports car that will rely on a hybrid powertrain. This unnamed sports car is expected to feature technology previously seen in the Emerg-e and Essence concepts. Infiniti hasn't confirmed anything yet, ...    Read more

Mercedes-Benz is comfortable letting you know that the comfy 2014 Mercedes-Benz S-Class offers superior levels of comfort. Just how comfortable? It comfortably mentions "comfort" or "comfortable" 19 times in its press release. On page one. Of four. But is it? Is it comfortable? Well, yes. At least the previous S-Class ...    Read more

And you thought you were cool because your BMW came with three years of free scheduled maintenance. It turns out that the Koreans can play that game, too. The 2014 Kia Cadenza is receiving free scheduled maintenance, covering six appointments over the first three years or 37,500 miles. The premium full-size ...    Read more

For the 2014 model year, BMW is bringing back the 3 Series Sports Wagon, but it wouldn't have been possible without Max Reisböck, an engineer for the automaker, who many years ago set the wheels in motion. Going ...    Read more

Earlier this week, Cadillac announced that it will be enhancing its certified pre-owned vehicle program to include higher levels of warranty coverage and benefits for owners and shoppers. Starting this week, the program will extend coverage to match the new-vehicle bumper-to-bumper warranty for up to six years or 70,000 miles. Included ...    Read more

Hollywood loves itself some sequels, as is evident this year (there are 25 sequels planned for release in 2013 alone!), but how many installments of a movie is too much? Fast & Furious 6, the sixth installment the movie with the same name, is set to be released this coming ...    Read more

To be the best you have to beat the best, and apparently, that's a saying Chevrolet has taken to heart with the C7 Corvette Stingray. These images our spy photographer snapped can attest to that, as a 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray is seen here testing on public roads with an ...    Read more

When we stopped for a break during testing five compact crossovers for an upcoming comparison at Point Mugu State Park in Malibu, imagine our surprise when we caught sight of the 2014 BMW X5 driving by just minutes after we saw a similarly camouflaged next-generation Mini Cooper crossing our path. ...    Read more

Twenty years ago, Jurassic Park had just been released in movie theaters, a Democrat succeeded a Bush as the president of the United States, and Congressmen were still bickering over how best to spend--or not spend--your tax dollars. On this date, May 5 1993--Cinco de Mayo as you ...    Read more